And the stone emitting white light in his hand had fallen from that little girl’s mouth.
It was an Exotic Treasure!
Last night, he had killed thirty-seven Monkey-Headed Ghosts before a single Exotic Treasure dropped. Today, he killed a mother-daughter pair, and an Exotic Treasure dropped immediately.
The mother-daughter pair had a much higher drop rate.
That mother-daughter pair should be the “Pseudo-Human Ghosts” the man in the green robe mentioned. They possessed no real strength themselves. Their main trick was to disguise themselves as humans when night was about to fall, attempting to enter the camp. Once the disguise was seen through, they could be killed with ease.
Of course, these Pseudo-Human Ghosts couldn’t hold Eerie Stones either—they would be burned.
“Understood.”
Que Hou scratched the back of his head with some self-reproach. “Fortunately, Young Master, you woke up, or we would have missed a fortuitous opportunity. I was mainly worried that if I accidentally hurt someone, it wouldn’t be good.”
“How could there be any accidental injury?”
Chen Fan shook his head and laughed. “Without Eerie Stones, no camp would take them in. Even if they were truly human, being driven away by you, they would still die in the Eternal Night.”
“Besides, even if you accidentally injured them, it wouldn’t matter.”
“That is their fate.”
“They have to accept it.”
“Alright, did you get enough sleep during the day? There might be a big battle tonight. Come eat something. Eat your fill so you can work.”
The instant the sun set, darkness like tidal waves rushed in once again from the horizon, enveloping heaven and earth in a flash.
The Eternal Night had descended!
This was already the third night the master and servant had spent in this wasteland.
However, compared to the previous two nights, tonight they felt much safer.
“Young Master.”
Sitting beside the bonfire, Que Hou took large bites of the dry biscuit in his hand while stroking the thick, sturdy Arrow Tower beside him, his eyes full of excitement. “From what I know, an Architect capable of building an Arrow Tower is no longer the kind of Apprentice Architect who can only build ‘Eerie Flames’!”
“To hire an Architect to build an Arrow Tower for your camp costs at least one hundred and fifty Eerie Stones!”
“If the Master knew you could already build Arrow Towers, he would definitely regret his actions all these years.”
There was one more sentence he didn’t say aloud.
Who had told the Young Master the blueprint details for building an Arrow Tower?
Could it be…
the foundation the Mistress left for the Young Master?
Chen Fan smiled but didn’t reply. He lowered his head to look at the stone in his arms. This was truly a good treasure.
—
[Exotic Treasure Name]: Building Replication Stone.
[Exotic Treasure Grade]: White.
[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Can be used on any building Level 2 or lower, replicating an identical building.
—
Naturally, the most valuable thing in his camp right now was that Level 2 Arrow Tower.
Without overthinking.
He pressed this stone against the Arrow Tower beside him. Immediately after, a phantom Arrow Tower composed of countless illusory white rays of light appeared in the air. That stone transformed into a milky-white liquid that surged into the phantom Arrow Tower, very quickly causing it to rapidly solidify and settle on the other side of the bonfire.
One on the left, one on the right, perfectly surrounding the bonfire in the middle.
Arrow Towers could only attack creatures that intruded into the camp’s boundaries. Placed too close to the camp’s edge, they would suffer damage from Eerie Creatures immediately and easily be destroyed. Placing them inside the camp was much safer.
He took out another Eerie Stone and embedded it into the base of this brand-new Arrow Tower.
At this point, he only had three Eerie Stones left.
His coffers were nearly empty.
Que Hou, who had been fantasizing about the future, was stunned in place for a long time after witnessing this scene, unable to speak. Only after a while did he mutter, “Young Master…”
“Hmm?”
“You need to get married and have children quickly.”
“Why?”
“Young Master, although you are only a Level 1 Architect now, your talent surpasses every Architect I’ve ever heard of. You will definitely become an incredibly powerful Architect in the future. Only by expanding your family tree early can you have a great clan of your own.”
Chen Fan laughed upon hearing this, shook his head, and said nothing. Que Hou seemed to have some obsession with family, always wanting the Chen Family to look at him with new eyes; now he even wanted Chen Fan to establish his own clan.
Level 1 Architect.
That was this world’s cultivation system.
The higher an Architect’s level, the stronger their physical constitution, the less exhaustion suffered when constructing buildings, and with sufficiently high cultivation, one could construct buildings of higher grades.
But.
To him, all of this was illusory.
Useless.
As long as he had resources and blueprints, he could construct top-grade buildings right now. The Architects of this world were all crippled Architects without panels. Only after possessing a panel could one become a true Architect.
In other words.
This world was actually something like a game world. However, some accidents had occurred during the transition, causing the natives of this world to lack player panels, nor could they see panels at all. And he, the only one who could see a panel, had instead become the true player, and the only player.
After all, his Eternal Night Lord panel didn’t actually have any special effects.
It was equivalent to nothing more than a player panel.
And absorbing Eerie Stones to raise his level only had one effect for him: it could make his physical body stronger. When he had more Eerie Stones in the future, he would definitely raise his level, but at this stage, this matter was very low priority.
Right at this moment—
The darkness outside the camp suddenly seemed to boil, churning unceasingly. One could even hear clear, sharp roars.
“It’s here!”
Chen Fan quickly got up and hid inside the support frame at the base of an Arrow Tower, surveying his surroundings, eyes narrowing slightly as he spoke in a low voice. “A big one is coming. It might break into the camp. Be prepared.”
“If it really does get in, don’t step forward to meet the enemy. Leave it to the Arrow Towers!”
He hadn’t set any animal traps tonight precisely because he was worried that big thing which escaped last night would come. He hadn’t expected it truly did.
“Hoo…”
His breathing involuntarily quickened. Mainly, he was unclear about the enemy’s strength, and didn’t know whether these two Level 2 Arrow Towers could stop that thing.
If they couldn’t stop it.
Then there would truly be nowhere to run!
The next moment!
“Eee eee eee!”
A piercing, sharp shriek suddenly rang out in the darkness outside the camp. Immediately after, they saw a nearly two-meter-tall, massive Monkey-Headed Ghost charge out from the darkness and plunge headlong into the camp!
Extremely fast!
This was the first time he had seen an Eerie Creature dare to directly charge into a camp with Eerie Flames burning.
The oppressive pressure brought by the black qi covering its body made one subconsciously hold their breath.
Humans appeared far too insignificant before such an Eerie Creature.
But at the same time, the ballistae atop the two Arrow Towers situated beside the Eerie Flames swiveled in unison, pointing straight at this massive Monkey-Headed Ghost. The Eerie Stones embedded at the bases of the Arrow Towers flashed with a fleeting, faint white light.
Immediately after!
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
The sound of tearing air ripped through the night sky, resounding beside the two men.
Several ballista bolts shot out, accurately piercing into the body of this massive Monkey-Headed Ghost. The firing speed couldn’t be called fast, nor could it be called slow, but it was quite precise—the accuracy was basically above seventy percent.
The Monkey-Headed Ghost, severely wounded on the spot, couldn’t care about revenge anymore. Screaming and shrieking in intense pain, it charged out of the camp at extreme speed and vanished into the darkness.
“It ran?”
Chen Fan poked his head out from behind the Arrow Tower, gazing at the darkness outside the camp that had returned to calm again. A trace of regret and pity flashed in his eyes.
“What a pity.”
“This Monkey-Headed Ghost would definitely have dropped something good upon death.”